Roads were pretty decent when I drove home around 5:00 yesterday. We didn't get a whole lot of snow in Naperville, but this morning, my boss (who lives in Rolling Meadows) was complaining about his two-hour drive home yesterday and all the wet snow he had to shovel.--If everything seems to be going well, you've obviously overlooked something.

I believe anyone South of I-88 didn't get a whole lot of snow.I work in Lake County and I though it would never stop snowing.Commute was a bear as everyone was driving 10 miles/hr.--You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'

We had several inches of the wettest snow I can remember. It was piled-on slush. My neighbor gave up trying to use his snowblower. It was too heavy to propel and clogged. Shovelling was a bear since it was nearly too heavy to lift safely. Pushing worked better, but in a large part it was inches of slush that would not drain away.

Looks like we suppose to get more snow according toWGN. It is scheduled to hit Chicagoland next Thur - Fri forecast of 5.3" - 7.9" ... stay tuned.--You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'

This is one area where I differ with Skilling's philosophy. I understand the desire to give the public advance notice, but a week out, giving an estimate of 6-8" based solely on numerical models is not exactly responsible. Half of the public will freak out, saying ZOMG SNOW MUST RAID STORES, while the other half will say "meh, overhyped, we'll get a dusting." As with most things, the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and the NWS is being much more moderate in the hazardous weather outlook they issued this morning..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS SHAPING UP TO AFFECT MUCH OF THEMIDWEST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT APERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ANDEVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...OCCASIONALLY MIXING WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW...LATE THURSDAY NIGHTINTO FRIDAY. THE FORECAST GUIDANCE IS CONVERGING ON TO A SOLUTIONTHAT WOULD SUGGEST AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL FORTHE ROCKFORD AREA...TAPERING OFF TO AROUND 2 INCHES OVERNORTHWESTERN INDIANA. A STRIPE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ISPOSSIBLE FROM CHICAGO TO PONTIAC.

SINCE...THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL MORE THAN 2 DAYS AWAY...EXACTDETAILS OF THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING...TRACK AND INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA. HOWEVER...PERSONSACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPAREDFOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTERSTORM.

Yeah. I don't really put much stock in forcasts more than 48 hours out. If they're still saying the same thing at 9pm tomorrow I'll take heed. Sure it will change a few times in the next 36-48 hours though.

Likewise. I think people around here just worship Skilling because he's a personable guy, and he's a public figure (who has somehow cajoled or coerced his news director into giving him an entire 7 minute segment to talk about the weather some nights... WTF is that?)

I heard at one time, that they look at three different models and basically pick one of the three. Don't know if it's true but that's what some weather guy said on the radio one day. Don't remember who it was.

We got just little over 2 inches, but there was at least 5 on mydriveway because of the blowing and drifting. This stuff was easy toshovel not like the heavy wet snow the last time around.--You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'

I just finished up clearing up. Snowblower finally got some usage. But I also noticed no plows as well till 630 am, WTF my wife had to go in early to work not a single plow overnight. When there isn't many on the road.

The NWS just put out a really good area forecast discussion that tempers things quite a bit. It's clearly a "better safe than sorry" sort of situation. Nevertheless, I expect the media to stick with calls for 6" that will probably bust.

GIVEN THE PRECIP WILL BE LARGELY OCCURRING DURINGTHE DAYTIME BATTLING ABOVE FREEZING TEMPS AND THE INCREASINGLY HIGHLATE FEB SUN ANGLE...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OFMELTING TO OCCUR GREATLY LIMITING SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL. INORDER FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO REACH THE GOING FORECAST FOR THEWATCH AREA (3-6") IT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY REQUIRE CONVECTIVE IFNOT THUNDERSNOW. GIVEN THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THIS TOOCCUR FELT THE COURSE OF LEAST REGRET WAS TO LET THE WATCH AND GOINGSNOWFALL FORECAST RIDE...HOWEVER THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO ISINCREASINGLY LOOKING LIKE A BORDERLINE ADVISORY SNOWFALL AT WORST.IN CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL DOESN`T OCCUR THEN IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULTTO ENVISION A SCENARIO WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 3" OVERMOST OF THE WATCH AREA WITH VERY LOW SNOW:LIQUID RATIOS AND A LOT OFMELTING.

CLEARLY THIS IS AN EXCEEDINGLY LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST...WHICH ISALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE WITH SPRING SNOW STORMS AND IN ALL LIKELIHOODTHIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO A SCENARIO WHERE WE WONT HAVE A TRULYGOOD HANDLE ON THE FORECAST UNTIL WE GET INTO THE "NOWCAST" TIMERANGE TOMORROW MORNING.